The Supreme Court decided Thursday to review state bans on transgender athletes participating in public school sports.
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TheSupremeCourtdecidedThursdaytoreviewstatebansontransgenderathletesparticipatinginpublicschoolsports.
OralargumentswilllikelybeheardlaterthisfallregardingtwocasesinIdahoandWestVirginia.Bothcasesarefocusedonstatelawsthatpreventbiologicalmalesfromcompetingongirls’sportsteams.
“It’sagreatday,asfemaleathletesinWestVirginiawillhavetheirvoicesheard,”WestVirginiaAttorneyGeneralJohnMcCuskeysaidinastatement.“ThepeopleofWestVirginiaknowthatit’sunfairtoletmaleathletescompeteagainstwomen;that’swhywepassedthiscommonsenselawpreservingwomen’ssportsforwomen.”
“WeareconfidenttheSupremeCourtwillupholdtheSaveWomen’sSportsActbecauseitcomplieswiththeU.S.ConstitutionandcomplieswithTitleIX,”McCuskeysaid.“Andmostimportantly
